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A dozen members of a newly formed coalition plan to voice their objections to a shopping center proposed for E. Broad Street at this afternoon's Bethlehem Planning Commission meeting. The Bethlehem Coalition to Save Green Space will present a position paper signed last night by more than 20 residents who wish to block the 83,000 square-foot center proposed by Center Square Associates of Wyndmoor, Montgomery County. Construction of the center, which would be between Wood and Market streets and Stefko Boulevard, would require the removal of the Pfeifle Field baseball diamond.

There are 30 happy employees at the Hellertown SuperFresh market, thanks to the group's annual trip to Atlantic City. The employees who pooled their money to play the progressive $5 slot machine walked away from the casino with a jackpot of $334,000. It was the first time in the 10 years that the employees have been running the trips that they hit it big. Several years ago, a couple of employees agreed to pool their money to play the progressive slot machines, according to Joseph Bodor, the store's meat director who organizes the trips.

A group that organized a rally and motorcade in Bethlehem last fall to protest the sale of pornography in adult book stores will discuss anti-pornography laws at its April 17 meeting. Meeting last night, the Northampton County Citizens for Decency Through Law watched and discussed a video, "Pornography: An American Tragedy," featuring a death row interview with serial killer Ted Bundy. Interviewed on the eve of his January 1989 execution, Bundy told Dr. James Dobson, a psychologist and broadcaster with "Focus on the Family," that he was driven to rape and murder by an addiction to pornography.

The restoration of the 1785 Wolf Academy in East Allen Township is nearing completion, according to Dorothy Reimer, Governor Wolf Historical Society secretary. The progress report was given at the group's recent meeting. The society learned that duct work for the heating system has been laid and that the electrical wiring has been completed in the society-owned building. The entire academy has been plastered except for a small section under the chair rail, which will not be finished until the floor is in place, said Reimer.

Bethlehem City solicitor Constantine Vasiliadis will be asked whether an ad hoc committee planning the Lehigh Valley's welcome-home parade for Persian Gulf troops can keep groups from participating, or control the messages portrayed on signs carried by marchers. Three of more than 70 organizations who registered to participate have been asked to supply more information on the content of the placards they plan to carry at the July 4th event. Members of the committee appointed by the mayors of Allentown, Bethlehem and Easton to plan the parade and a subsequent ceremony in the Bethlehem Rose Garden are concerned that several "peace groups" might project a message that is out of synch with the honor the committee wishes to bestow upon the troops.

A group of Madison Park residents opposed to the extension of Madison Avenue and the rezoning of a nearby section of Linden Street have collected more than 100 names on a petition to be presented next week to Bethlehem City Council. The Bethlehem Planning Commission recommended earlier this month that City Council grant a request from Donald Ronca and James Luth to rezone a vacant 2- acre parcel at 2309-31 Linden St. from RS-residential to RG-residential, which would allow more concentrated development.

The citizens group that wants Carbon County to reassess all taxable real estate has hired an attorney for a court fight. Voices of Penn Forest Township Taxpayers last week hired attorney George Royle of Tannersville, who will refile court papers asking the county to reassess. "We shopped around and we talked to a lot of people and a lot of lawyers," said J. Clark Kaskie, chairman of the group. "His attitude was our group was really striving for fairness in the taxation of Carbon County."

Pasta and politics is becoming a tradition in Ashfield. Candidates yesterday handed out pamphlets to voters outside the Dinkey Memorial Lutheran Church's Sunday School in Ashfield -- East Penn Township's polling place. Campaign posters covered cars and trucks in the church's parking lot. Inside the church basement, just a few yards from the polling place, the smell of spaghetti sauce, garlic and desserts filled the air. Members of church's youth group set tables, made food and cleaned dishes with the help of some adults.

The procedure for accepting applications for financial help was one of the main topics of discussion Monday night at a public meeting of Moore Township Families in Need. The organization was formed in 1986 to aid Shanon Werner, a township boy who later died of leukemia. At that time it was agreed that the organization would be set up to provide aid to other area residents in need as well. The organization which recently attained non-profit status, now is setting up procedures to accept applications from people in need.